Today the project got its official start in front of a small audience, consisting of all the team members, plus a delegation from UTS and others who showed interest. Each of us introduced her or himself by explaining why we chose to bring a specific artefact that triggered memories for us. Elise then explained the core reasoning behind the project; no one brought a hard disk or other digital storage device, while many of us have valuable memories attached to media stored on such devices. Here the Materialising Memories project can make a difference and we hope to show our work to the community in the next few years!

The top image shows the group of people related to the project. Standing, left to right: Innes Ireland (UTS), prof. Attila Brungs (UTS), prof. Panos Markopoulos (TU/e), Mendel Broekhuijsen (PhD candidate, TU/e), Annemarie Zijlema (PhD candidate, UTS), Ine Mols (PhD candidate, TU/e), Doménique van Gennip (PhD candidate, UTS), prof. Berry Eggen (TU/e). Sitting: Elise van den Hoven (UTS & TU/e), prof. Lawrence Wallen (UTS). Photo by Iris Soute.